Bošany
Bošany (Hungarian: Bossány) is a village and municipality in Partizánske District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
Bošany  | |
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Municipality  | |
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![]() Bošany Location of Bošany in the Trenčín Region ![]() Bošany Bošany (Slovakia)  | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′N 18°17′E | |
| Country | Slovakia | 
| Region | Trenčín | 
| District | Partizánske | 
| First mentioned | 1924 | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.39[1] km2 (5.56[1] sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 177[2] m (581[2] ft) | 
| Population  (2021)  | |
| • Total | 4,035[3] | 
| Postal code | 956 18[2]  | 
| Area code | +421 38[2] | 
| Car plate | PE | 
| Website | www.bosany.sk | 
History
    
The village was established in 1924 by merging the former villages of Veľké Bošany (Hungarian: Nagybossány) and Malé Bošany (Hungarian: Kisbossány). In 1960, the former village of Baštín Hungarian: Bacskafalva) was also merged into Bošany.
Geography
    
The municipality lies at an altitude of 185 metres and covers an area of 14.46 km². It has a population of about 4295 people.
Famous people
    
- Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
 
Genealogical resources
    
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1691-1899 (parish A)
 
References
    
- "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
 - "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
 - "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
 
External links
    
 Media related to Bošany at Wikimedia Commons
- Official page
 - https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
 - Surnames of living people in Bosany
 
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